Photos Of The Week (February 27-March 5, 2023)

Kazem Mabhutian, 65, serves tea to customers in his Haj Ali Darvish Teahouse in the Old Grand Bazaar in Tehran. At 2 square meters, it is considered one of the smallest in the world. Kazeem took over the business from his father, who bought the teahouse in 1962 from its original owner. Established in 1918, it is listed on the National Cultural Heritage List of Iran.

A woman takes pictures of the statue of Grand Princess Olga of Kyiv, covered in sandbags to avoid damage from potential shelling, in Kyiv.

Afghan women wait to receive food aid in Herat.

An Afghan girl carries washed clothes on her head in Bamiyan.

The Black Swan, the first sports car made in Afghanistan, is showcased during an exhibition organized by the Technical Vocational Education and Innovation Center of Afghanistan, in Kabul. Muhammed Reza Ahmadi, CEO of the auto studio behind Black Swan, said the car was made entirely by the department's innovation center, with the only external part being the engine.

Souvenirs are displayed for sale at the museum of Soviet leader Josef Stalin in his hometown of Gori, Georgia. Stalin died 70 years ago, on March 5, 1953.

Marjana, an intensive care medic, tends to a wounded Ukrainian soldier in an ambulance as he is transported from a field hospital near the front line of Bakhmut to a specialist trauma hospital in the city of Kramatorsk.

People dance in a subway station during an air-raid alarm in Kyiv.

A worker of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, accompanied by an armed guard, collects data for the digital census in Karachi on March 1.

A car drives on a muddy road in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

Afghan grooms attend a mass wedding ceremony in Kandahar.

Medics carry a wounded Ukrainian soldier to an emergency vehicle before heading to a hospital outside a frontline medical stabilization point amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Iranians use an ATM machine on a street in downtown Tehran. Iran is facing an economic crisis after its currency dropped to its lowest value against the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies last week, following sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU.

A boy carries his cat while being evacuated as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Siversk in the eastern Donetsk region.

A man crosses a bridge during a heavy snowfall in Sarajevo.

A Ukrainian soldier carries flowers in the colors of the Ukrainian flag as she walks in Kyiv to take part in the funeral service for a soldier killed in battle.

A damaged and burned residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on February 27. Russia's offensive is increasingly zeroing in on Bakhmut, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warning that the situation is becoming "extremely difficult" for the defenders of the city, whom he called "heroes."

Kosovar Albanians walk past a mural reading "Republic of Kosova" in Pristina. Brussels hosted the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia on February 27 as the European Union turned up the pressure to reach a breakthrough deal it hopes will lead to a normalization of ties between the foes.

Afghan potters work inside a clay pot factory in Herat.

An Iranian girl walks through Tehran's grand bazaar.

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard by a trench at a position outside the frontline town of Avdiyvka, Donetsk region, Ukraine.

Rescuers evacuate a pregnant woman from a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.

A rescue worker takes a break in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine.